The Bankrupt Brinton Faces a creditor’s gambit
Bernstein the senior creditor orchestrates a tense meeting with Brinton. The Blissville merchant pleads for time to save his daughter while creditors weigh extending terms. Bernstein quietly recalls a twenty year old vendetta as Brinton hovers between bankruptcy and relief.
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Stein
John Brinton
Bernstein
Brinton
Blissville
Mr. Brinton
Brinten
Bern
Brinton Aittle
Fountains Spill Wine at Marino Italian Festival
At Marino Italy the Great Feast of the Wine features two fountains pouring wine after a cathedral blessing and a town procession. Officials and guests drink first as white and red wine flows, about 7 264 quarts in two hours amid vinous festoons.
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Marino
Italy
Edwin Robert Petre
London Morning Post
Bacchus
There’s Many a Slip
Mrs. Mitchell discovers a new maid praised as a treasure and asks Mary to fetch a letter, then humorously quibbles over which letter to bring the dentist bill or the vicar’s summer fete note. The anecdote plays on the maid’s apparent virtue and the host’s teasing doubt.
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London
Avoid Butterfat Losses in Cream
A Minnesota study by Goodwin Rogness tests separator cleanliness on 24 creamers. Groups washing twice daily save the most butterfat, while minimal washing loses more each month and year. The report urges regular skim milk testing and thorough post separation washing.
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Minnesota
Goodwin Rogness
Floyd FE. Ball
Colorado Dairy
Latest cucumber beetle control methods refined
The article describes a dusting hood device with a ground hood and multiple tubes to apply nicotine dust directly to cucumber plants, killing beetles. It compares the new method favorably to older repellent dusts using calcium arsenate and gypsum or flour and lime.
Prevent Egg Eating by Darkening All Nests
The article advises darkening nests to stop egg eating in hens kept in confinement. It explains that hens break eggs while scratching in nests, risk of repeated behavior, and suggests using a long covered box with a single entrance as a practical nest design.
Farm Advice and Livestock Handling Tips
Practical notes on farm management cover guarding pig pens to protect piglets, keeping collars clean to prevent sore shoulders in work horses, and a ration for pigs mixing corn chop shorts and tankage. It notes that all breeds can be profitable with proper care and urges neighbor cooperation to control pocket goppers.
Potato Spraying Raises Potato Yields Says Plant Pathologist
A New Jersey agriculture expert urges disease control through spraying to boost profits. Home made Bordeaux mixture sprayed on Irish Cobbler and other varieties increased yields by 30 to 80 bushels per acre in recent tests, suggesting spraying is essential for profitable potato farming.
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New Jersey College of Agriculture
J. H. Randle
Elmer
I. B. van Derveerg
Freehold
Green Mountains
New Whitewash Formula Delivers Durable Exterior Interior Finish
A New Jersey College of Agriculture recipe improves whitewash durability by adding salt, alum and sulphate of zinc. The method blends lime, zinc, alum and salt in hot water, then combines with skimmed milk to yield a hard glossy, nearly waterproof coating for walls and ceilings in barns and outbuildings.
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New Jersey College of Agriculture
Most Successful Method for Controlling Weeds
A call to early weed control urges farmers to harvest with a hoe when weeds first appear to prevent nutrient loss to wheat or corn. Delaying fights against weeds lowers yields, as germination and growth steal food from crops. Continuous weed warfare avoids extra feed costs for livestock.
Duck nutrition for Pekin and runner ducks
Ducks may be fed on chicken rations but better results come from more green seeds and mash. Pekin eggs are mainly for hatching and after laying they receive a maintenance ration until December 1 when a laying ration and more mash are used. Runner ducks are kept for commercial eggs and should receive laying rations year round.
Dairy Barn Facilities for Profitable Dairying
The article stresses the need for proper barn facilities for successful dairying. It notes many dairies operate in cramped quarters but questions long term profitability. It links stable quality and sanitation as crucial alongside good cows and their improvement.
Moonlit Blooms Crown Northern Nights In June Meadow
Flower lights endure through long twilights as June passes into July. Pale midsummer blossoms glow in meadows and along woodsides under moon and stars. The Plough appears briefly in the northern sky before dawn. Anthony Collett notes the night’s quiet glow.
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Anthony Collett
Lion Farm at El Monte California Attracts Attention
A five acre lion farm in El Monte California houses about 75 lions. The property features tropical shrubs from Africa and the owner sells lions on the hoof to movies zoos and circuses.
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United States
el Monte
Calif
Africa
Arvida City Rising in Quebec Water Power Project
St John district in Quebec develops a city to be known as Arvida tied to the Chute a Caron water power project. Officials expect a population of about 30 000 at completion with a planned industrial and residential layout.
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St. John
Quebec
Arvida
Chute A Caron
Man’s task lightened by a light heart
Quote attributed to Wallace notes that when a person carries a light heart, tasks feel easier and burdens seem smaller.
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Wallace
Not Thorough Mag Says Modern Cooking Schools Fall Short
A magazine critic argues modern cooking schools lack thorough instruction and might teach pupils to handle dyspepsia in ways that miss core culinary rigor.
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Ill
Ipatruimet Sena
Lemenber
Lion Farm
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Long Beach
Caltt
Market St
San Francisco
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Dandroff
Druggieto Hiscox Chem
Liiscoxs Chemical Works
Patchogue
C.h Perry
C. H. Berry Co
Michigan Ave
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